Re: New BE offices -> International Political Science

["Dr. Stuart Levy" <Kingfisherridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been following this subject thread and, well, it sounds a little like
you're thinking of staffing all these exotic locales with Americans.
Wouldn't many of the staff and operatives be locals?  In which case the
graft-corruption and religious issues are kinda non-problems.  It's just the
way they are.  Or have I got it wrong - a little bit of
corporate-colonialism?

In all seriousness, any of the regional cities - be they state capitals or
not - would happily accept any new/profitable company offices being
established.  And if BE can operate in London they can sure enough operate
in Singapore.  Indeed, with all the piracy in the region and the Malacca
Straits the foci of all shipping then Singapore would have to the number 1
choice.

Cheers



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Pawlowski" <blackeagleblackeagle@yahoo.com>
To: "ME-List" <millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 5:52 AM
Subject: New BE offices -> International Political Science


> Ok.  I decided to take the initiative and actually
> talk to an international political science expert and
> an international business consultant.
>
> Singapore:  Buying off officials is hard.  You never
> know when China will start meddling with the free
> market economy.  (It should be noted that there was no
> EIU posting for Singapore)
>
> Kuala Lampur:  Malaysia and Indonesia are suffering
> from ethnic cleansing.  Officials are easily bought,
> but you don't know if they're going to be dead
> tomorrow.  http://www.eiu.com/latest/407719.asp
>
> Bangkok:  More stable, but civic unrest is likely in
> the future due to "Africa Level" AIDS epidemic
> developing.  Officials can be more expensive to buy,
> but likely to maintain their positions.
> http://www.eiu.com/latest/474405.asp
>
> Manila:  "Mexico"-style corruption.  Poor
> infrastructure for technologies.  Officials are
> cheaper to buy and if they are replaced, the
> replacements will be just as easy to buy.
> http://www.eiu.com/latest/478923.asp
>
> Given these insites, Singapore is still the strongest
> candidate and Manila could be a very good choice as
> well.
>
>
>
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